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“Which of you shall we say doth love us most?” (I.i.53). At the beginning of King Lear a competitive scenario immediately takes place. King Lear asks his daughters to express their love for him in exchange for land. After dividing his land between only Goneril and Regan, he believes that he will still retain power, that is not the case. The fool laughs at him because the land was his only chance at power in the new order that Lear is ushering in and now that too is gone. Shakespeare wants to…

Oedipus discovers from a messenger that the king of Corinth, who he incorrectly believes to be his father, is dead. He rejoices in the false belief that he beat the prophecy and escaped his fate. Jocasta agrees and reminds Oedipus that no one should fear prophecies: “‘What should man fear, whose…

The famous Shakespearean tragedy King Lear depicts King Lear of Britain’s rollercoaster path from foolishness to wisdom and his eventual tragic downfall. Lear divides his kingdom amongst his three daughters: Cordelia who is banished for not correctly expressing her love for the King, and Goneril and Regan who turn against him in order to gain more power. Likewise, Jane Smiley’s A Thousand Acres tells a tale molded around King Lear where the owner of a 1000-acre farm named Larry agrees to hand it…

indeed be taken literally, it can also encompass much more than simply “seeing” something. This distinction between the literal definition of sight and a deeper sense of sight can be found in the comparison between Sophocles’s Greek tragedy, Oedipus the King, and Sir Author Conan Doyle’s short story, “A Scandal in Bohemia.” Although these two classic works exhibit striking similarities because of their comparable emphases on sight and observation, upon further inspection, it is evident that this…

Double Entendre in Sophocles’ “Oedipus” The play script Oedipus the King by Sophocles incorporates unusual characteristics in its content. One in particular which we will discuss, is the double entendre. It means that a part of the story, may it be the characters or the speech lines, have two different meaning that is meant to to support the story and represent the reader’s involvement in the story or referring to two different subject matter that is related to the play in one way or another.…

Oedipus Rex, a Athenian tragedy written by Sophocles, is about a protagonist of the same name whose entire life becomes a disaster after he inadvertently becomes entangled in a string of events and a crime he also unknowingly committed. This tragedy begins with Oedipus in dire search of the man who cursed the city of Thebes with a plague and sets off to be the hero and save his city, the zenith of the tragedy is a tragedy of discovering that he was the one who unintentionally caused Thebes and…

Sophocles’ tragic play, Oedipus the King, serves as yet another didactic tool of Ancient Greek culture. It heavily focuses on the recurrent theme that a fate assigned by the gods can not be escaped by any means. Sophocles embodies this theme through his tragic hero Oedipus. Even though Oedipus proves himself as a confident capable leader, his tragic flaw is seen through his consistent use of human reason in his attempt to locate the murderer of king Laius. His hubris contributes to his downfall…

times had very different views on what life what about, how you should treat other and yourself, religion, and most of all, chivalry. Chivalry is codes you live by. For example,in King Arthur's time chivalry was made up of these ideas. 1.) Be courageous, 2.) No stealing, lying or cheating, 3.) You must have respect for your king, your queen, your country, your friends and women. Recently we read a short story called The Green Knight. I believe that this story has three examples of chivalry and…

play, and The Lion King probably wouldn’t have been my first pick if left up to me, but my wife had wanted to see it since she was a little girl. When I went to get concessions before the play started, the concession worker asked me if I was excited about the show and when I didn’t seem too enthused she mentioned that the show had been going on for 14 years, so it must be good to keep running for that amount of time. She was right and I think the play version of The Lion King was far more…

The development of the legend of king Arthur spans more than one thousand years. From the briefest mentions of a valiant warrior that fended off the Anglo-Saxon invasions of the island, to the elaborate in depth legend of a man destined to rule England with his knights of the round table. The development of this legend is a fascinating insight to how history was written, and more interestingly not written, and who ended up writing the version that stood the test of time. History is often written…